Koohlberg's Model Of Moral Development
Our beliefs, outlook of life, and our morals develop from early childhood continually changing throughout our life. Our beliefs of God, the way we should live our lives, and what we know to be right and wrong evolves and is refined as the years go by. Kohlberg created a model of development that provides insight into how our morals progress as we develop increasingly sophisticated thought processes throughout our life. Kohlber’s three levels and six stages of moral reasoning and Piaget's cognitive stages of development are deeply and intimately intertwined. Like two sides of a coin, logic and moral reasoning go hand in hand. In other words, in order to move into the next stage or level of kohlberg’s moral reasoning one must advance intellectually